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type: "LegalText"
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title: "34 U.S.C. § 10472"
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description: "Definitions"
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title_number: 34
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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chapter_number: "101"
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chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
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section: "10472"
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---
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# 34 U.S.C. § 10472 - Definitions
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## Text
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In this subchapter—
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(1) the term “mental illness” means a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder—
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(A) of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria within the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association; and
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(B) that has resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits 1 or more major life activities;
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(2) the term “preliminarily qualified offender with mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders” means a person who—
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(A) (i) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as having a mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders; or
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(ii) manifests obvious signs of mental illness, mental retardation, or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders during arrest or confinement or before any court; and
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(B) is deemed eligible by designated judges;
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(3) the term “court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment” means a program through which a court may order a treatment plan for an eligible patient that—
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(A) requires such patient to obtain outpatient mental health treatment while the patient is not currently residing in a correctional facility or inpatient treatment facility; and
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(B) is designed to improve access and adherence by such patient to intensive behavioral health services in order to—
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(i) avert relapse, repeated hospitalizations, arrest, incarceration, suicide, property destruction, and violent behavior; and
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(ii) provide such patient with the opportunity to live in a less restrictive alternative to incarceration or involuntary hospitalization; and
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(4) the term “eligible patient” means an adult, mentally ill person who, as determined by a court—
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(A) has a history of violence, incarceration, or medically unnecessary hospitalizations;
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(B) without supervision and treatment, may be a danger to self or others in the community;
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(C) is substantially unlikely to voluntarily participate in treatment;
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(D) may be unable, for reasons other than indigence, to provide for any of his or her basic needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, health, or safety;
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(E) has a history of mental illness or a condition that is likely to substantially deteriorate if the person is not provided with timely treatment; or
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(F) due to mental illness, lacks capacity to fully understand or lacks judgment to make informed decisions regarding his or her need for treatment, care, or supervision.
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(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2202, as added Pub. L. 106–515, § 3(a), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2400; amended Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title XIV, § 14002(b), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1288.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796ii–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 2202 of title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title V, § 50001(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1956, related to prohibition of participation by violent offenders, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(b)(1)(A)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–21; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.
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Amendments2016—Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 114–255 added pars. (3) and (4).
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